One of the things I'm most passionate and nearly-rabid about is evolution vs. intelligent design (and which should be taught), but I generally never discuss it since my aborted attempt to proselytize evolution theory to a mousy girl (well, mousier than me) in my (Jewish) HS. I think people tend to get way too serious and way too stupid about it, and the worst of it is that people who talk about it, at least online, always -try- to sound intelligent and FAIL.
Even the people who're for evolution often sound just as stupid and self-righteous as the others, and omg am I sick of people referring to the 'scientific community' one way or another. It sort of hurts my soul that people... well, people really have no clue what scientists (or academics in general) are like, how 'theories' are received, blah blah. Not that I have a lot of clue, but I used to be a science groupie in adolescence so I did my research & paid attention to the types of people involved, 'cause my interest is always in the people anyway & because I just thought they were cool....
In any case, it's really laughable that people point out loopholes in a theory as if that's the death knell for the whole scientific discipline. DUDE. It's SCIENCE, not RELIGION, so of course it's got research/theory errors-- the main difference is, scientists FIX THOSE ERRORS through further research. *headdesk*
Anyway, I pretty much accept that people (even people I like) will be like 'scientists this' and 'scientists that' as if scientists have a hive mind, so.... I'm good as long as the person isn't too self-righteous, too stupid, or too humorless.
So far, this vid snip of Bill Maher's commentary is probably my favorite. I actually laughed till I cried. Oh man... now this... THIS IS WHY WE NEED SNARK, people (...though that's not an excuse to start enumerating reasons we -don't- need it for). :D
"You don't have to teach both sides of a debate... if one side is a load of crap." <333333333333333
Bill Maher = +1,000,000, GW = -1,000,000,00,000 :D
PS: Locked because wank is bad :/
Even the people who're for evolution often sound just as stupid and self-righteous as the others, and omg am I sick of people referring to the 'scientific community' one way or another. It sort of hurts my soul that people... well, people really have no clue what scientists (or academics in general) are like, how 'theories' are received, blah blah. Not that I have a lot of clue, but I used to be a science groupie in adolescence so I did my research & paid attention to the types of people involved, 'cause my interest is always in the people anyway & because I just thought they were cool....
In any case, it's really laughable that people point out loopholes in a theory as if that's the death knell for the whole scientific discipline. DUDE. It's SCIENCE, not RELIGION, so of course it's got research/theory errors-- the main difference is, scientists FIX THOSE ERRORS through further research. *headdesk*
Anyway, I pretty much accept that people (even people I like) will be like 'scientists this' and 'scientists that' as if scientists have a hive mind, so.... I'm good as long as the person isn't too self-righteous, too stupid, or too humorless.
So far, this vid snip of Bill Maher's commentary is probably my favorite. I actually laughed till I cried. Oh man... now this... THIS IS WHY WE NEED SNARK, people (...though that's not an excuse to start enumerating reasons we -don't- need it for). :D
"You don't have to teach both sides of a debate... if one side is a load of crap." <333333333333333
Bill Maher = +1,000,000, GW = -1,000,000,00,000 :D
PS: Locked because wank is bad :/
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